There is still a good deal of speculation about which Thomas Marshall is cited in the records but Russ Williams has sumised that Thomas Marshall "the carpenter" is not the son of the Captain John Marshall who came from Ireland. I agree that he would not be a carpenter as stated in his will if he had such an illustrious ancestor. In most cases in this era this kind of relative would have made him a land owner and a "gentleman". The records are very scarce and cannot prove conclusively any connection to other Marshalls. [Williams p. 347]

It does appear that Thomas Marshall could have been born in the colonies due to parish baptismal records of the right region and time. The notations in the Northhampton County Order Book for 1661-1662, pps. 389-392, birth notations: "A true account of such persons as have bin borne, Baptized, Married and buried in Hungers Parish from ye 25th of March 1661to ye 25th of March Anno 1662."

Thomas Martiall ye sonne of Tho and Mary Martiall - April 2d (1661)

Will of Thomas Marshall of the County of Westmoreland of Washington Parish carpenter.

In the Name of God Amen! I, Thomas Marshall, of the County of Westmoreland of Washington Parish, Carpenter, being very weak [no date] but of perfect memory thanks be to God for it doth ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following:
      (b) First: I give and bequeath my soul into the hands os my blessed Creator & Redeemer hoping through meritts of my blessed Savior to receive full pardon and remission of all my sins and my body to the Earth to be decently bru-yed according to the discretion of my Executrix which hereafter shall be named.
      (c) Item:. I make and ordain my well beloved wife Martha Marshall to be my full and whold Executix ---
      (d) Item: I will thay my estate shall remain in the hands of my wife as long as [she] remains single, but in case she marrys [sic] then she is to have her lawful part & the rest to be equally divided among my children.
      (e) Item, I will that If my wife marry, that David Brown Senr. and Jno. Brown to be guardians over my children and to take the estate in their hands and to pay my children their dues as they shall come to age.
      (f) Item, -- I will that Elizabeth Rosser is to have a heifer delivered by my wife called White Belly as soon as I am deceast--.
     (g) Item, I will that my son William Marshall shall have my plantation as soon as he comes to age to him his heirs forever, but in case that my son William die before he comes to age or die without issue, then my plantation is to fall to the next heir apparent at law.
                                                                    Thomas Marshall (Seal)
                                                             Wit: Edw. Taylor, John Hearford, John Taylor.


At a Court held for the said County the 31st day of May 1704.
[p. 31] The last will and testament of Thomas Marshall with written was proved by the oaths of John Oxford and John Taylor two of the witnesses thereto subscribed and a Probat[e] granted to Martha Marshall his relict and executrix therein named.
[a copy. Will of Thomas Marshall. Recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Westmoreland county; in Deed and Will Book no. 3 at page 232 et seq.]

"... Alexander Thomson & Martha Thompson returned the inventory of her dec'd husband , Thomas Marshall on 15 August 1705. "
[Circuit Court of Westmoreland county; in Deed and Will Book no. 3 page 368]

In the following documents Land of Thomas Marshall is identified and a connection to John Wright.

written 25 May 1707 and recorded 28 May 1707
John Wright of Westmoreland County well knowing that a certain tract of land lying in or near Appamattox Creek was formerly sold by my father Francis Wright to Thomas Marshall, his heirs &c; as by the said Francis Wright's deed to the said Marshall may more fully appear, the said land containing 200 acres, but my late mother, the wife of said Francis Wright, not acknowledging acting and doing as on her part ought to have been done by means whereof the said Thomas Marshall in his right and title to the said land hath not secured and confirmed as he ought to have been, the said Marshall dying before such security was made. Now Know Ye that I, John Wright do release to the said Marshall's heirs ??? of and from all and all manner of right , title or interest which I may have and my heirs &c may have to the said virtue of my right of inheritance and other right or title whatsoever.
[Westmoreland Deed and Will Book 4, ]

John Wright, Gentleman, Acknowledged a certain writing under his hand importing a discharge and disclaimer of right to a certain parcel of land formerly sold by Francis Wright to Thomas Marshall and his heirs and to be his deed. 28 May 1707.[Westmoreland County Court Order Book 1705 -1721, page 56]

Westmoreland Co., Va.
By indentures dated 23 and 24 October 1727,
William Marshall, planter, of King and Queen County and Elizabeth his wife, conveyed to his brother John Marshall the 200 acre plantation in Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, which had been bequeathed to the grantor by the will of their father, Thomas Marshall, dec'd, and acknowledged in court by John Wright on 28 May 1707 to the said Thomas Marshall and his heirs.

sources:

Beveridge, Albert J.. The Life of John Marshall, Vol. I, Houghton Mifflin Co., NY, 1916 Appendix Hardy, Stella. Colonial Families of the Southern States, 1958, p. 341.
Headley, Robert K. Jr. Married Well and Often, Marriages of Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800.  Genealogical Pub. Inc., Baltimore, MD. 2003
Gray, Gertrude E. compiler. Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742. Genealogical Pub. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 21202, copyright 1987, third printing 1997.
Crawford, Mrs. E. T. State Registrar. Ancestral Rolls, South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, Compiled 1938
Landrum, Dr. L. B. O. . History of Spartanburg County, South Carolina 1900, reprinted 1954.
Mann, Col. Robt. Neville and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family Hist., Vol. II, 1969
McGhan, Judith. Virginia Will Book, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. 1982
Williams, E. Russ, Jr. The Kemp, Turner and Roberts Families on Little Silver Creek, Washington Parish Louisiana. 1992, Williams Genealogical Pub., 514 Cole Ave, Monroe, LA 71203

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